Shipping package for watches



H. C. KARR.

SHIPPING PACKAGE FOR WATCHES.

APPLICATlQN FIITED MAY 26. 1921.

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' srarss PATENT orrrcs) HENRY aims, of assmemoa, nrsrnrorr or COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-FIFTH T EMIL BONNELYCKE, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

SHIPPING rAcKAoE m. watrorins.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1922.

Original application filed February is, 1921, Serial No; 446,037. Divided and this application fiia May 26,1921. Serial No. 472,815.

T 0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. Karin, a citizen of the United States ofceimerica, residing at Washington, Districtof Columbia, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Shipping Packages for Watches, of which the following is a specification.

In my prior application, Serial No;

446,067, filed February 18, 1921, there is disclosed and claimed. a watch stand or holder which is applicable to, and capable of'use with, watches of'widely difi'erent styles and sizes, and which is so constructed that a watch may be easily and quickly engaged and disengaged with and from the holder and, when placed therein, will be supported in reading position. e

The present application, which is a division of the above-identified application, relates to the provision and arrangement of the holder and the box or case therefor; the essential object of the invention being the production of an improved package consisting of the case or box, the holder and the watch, and in which the holder functions as a guard for the watch or more specifically as a spring cushion, so that the package may be shipped through the mail in comparative safety.

For this purpose, the present invention provides a watch stand or holder constructed from a suitable blank of resilient material which is bent into the form of an inverted yoke. The major portions, or legs of the yoke, converge upwardly when the holder is in position to support a watch, and are spaced at their upper ends by a connecting portion or bridge, the latter portion having a part which is adapted to engage the stem of the watch.

Now according to this invention, when making up the package the watch is inserted edgewise in the holder with its stem engaged in the part provided therefor in the bridge portion, so that the body of the watch is thus disposed in the space between the legs of the holder which extend across the opposite sides or faces of the watch. When so arranged, the watch and holder are laid flat in the box, the legs of the holder serving as spring cushions or guards which will take I up and absorb any light shocks to which the box may be subjected.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved holder, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, a part sectional plan view and a longitudinal vertical section illustrating the conversion of the holder into a shock absorbing or cushioning dev ce to protect the watch against injury durlng shipment, showing the case or box in whlch the holder and the watch are packed. Referring more particularly to the drawmg, the stand 'or holder, as described in detail in'my aforementioned prior application, is constructed from a single strip or blank which may be of sheet material, either metal'or non-metal as'in'ay be pre ferred; and it comprises an upwardly ex tending, substantially upright body portion and a supporting base at the foot thereof.

As represented in Fig. 1 the holder preferably takes the form of an upright or inverted yoke, the legs 1 of which converge toward each other and are connected at their upper ends by a bridge-piece 2. The latter, when the stand is in upright or normal position, extends horizontally in a for ward direction and has the appearance of a loop or U, the bight of which is at the front thereof, said bridge being designed to normally engage the top part of the body 4 of the watch 5 and to straddle the stem 6 of the watch. The ability of the bridge to so engage or straddle the watch stem is dependent, of course, upon the U-shaped formation of the bridge, the open central space 9 of which virtually forms a slot.

The base of the stand or holder is formed by the enlarged lower ends 3 of the legs, which ends extend both forwardly and rearwardly from the legs and constitute elongated supporting feet. The front portions of these feet are utilized to support the lower portion of the watch and, conjointly with the bridge 2, to maintain the watch in proper upright reading position in the holder. To this end, the aforesaid front portions are constructed to provide or produce pockets, indicated at 7, wherein the lower portion of the watch is received, these pockets being located immediately at the foot of the legs 1 so that the rear edges of the pockets are, in fact, constituted by continuations of the front edges of said legs, the pockets being curved or concave and of sufficient width to enable the bottom of the watch body to conformably fit therein.

The form of holder above described readily lends itself for use as a shock absorbing or cushioning device for the watch when the latter is to be shipped by mail or otherwise. lVhen so used, the watch is detached from the holder and then reinserted sidewise between the legs 1, so that one leg will overlie and the other leg will underliethe watch in the manner indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The holder, with the watch so placed therein, can then be inserted in the box or case 10, which may be of the type ordinarily used for display purposes, or may be of the type comprising a sliding cover; the size of the box being such that the watch will have a more or less close fit therein. When so positioned, the two legs of the holder will. engage the top and bottom of the box and constitute yielding cushions which will absorb and deaden any ordinary shocks or vibrations which may beimposed. upon the box while in transit. The box, the watch and the holder thus conjointly'form an improved shipping package which may be readily carried about and transmitted by parcel post or the like in comparative safety.

I claim as my invention l 1. An improved shipping package for watches, comprising a box; a spring yoke laid fla-twise' therein and embodying a pair of spaced legs and a bridge connecting the same; and a atch inserted sidewiise between said legs and havingits stein engaged with said bridge, so that one leg overlies and the other leg underlies the watch to cushion the latter against shocks imparted to the box.

2. An. improved shipping package for watches, comprising a box; a spring yoke laid fiatwise in the box and embodying a pair of spaced legs and a bridge therebetween formedwith a slot; and a watch inserted sidewise between said legs and having its stem engaged in said slot, one leg overlying and the other leg underlying the watch so as to cushion the latter against shocks imparted to the box.

3. An improved shipping package for watches, comprising a box; a combined watch stand and shock absorbing element fitting in the box and embodying spaced cushioning portions arranged one above the other; and a. watch inserted sidewise'between said cushioning portions so that one overlies and the other underlies the watch, said element a dapted to support thewatch in normal reading position when removed from the box. i f i In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

, HENRY o. KARE 

